July 2024

Richer get richer in Spain: Number of taxpayers declaring income of more than €601,000 rises 25% compared to previous year

SPAIN’S economy may have suffered some serious blows in recent years, from the pandemic to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, but these factors don’t seem to have had an effect on the country’s biggest earners, whose ranks have swollen. According to data from the Spanish Tax Agency, as reported by newspaper El Pais, 2022 saw the […]

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Heat warnings in Spain: Highs of 38C in the south this week as weather experts predict a very hot July

HIGH temperatures reaching up to 38ºC in parts of central and southern Spain are expected from Wednesday. State forecaster Aemet says that the first summer heatwave will arrive after an unusually cool and rainy week due to an Isolated High Level Depression (DANA). Temperatures will start to rise rapidly over the next 24 hours, reaching

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Flight from Spain to Uruguay is forced to divert after serious turbulence injures 40 passengers

AN Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo was forced to make an emergency landing in north-eastern Brazil on Monday morning after the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner was struck by ‘severe turbulence’. Some 40 passengers – from Spain, Uruguay, Israel, Germany, and Bolivia – were taken to hospitals in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, for medical

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Boat migrant is accused of sexually assaulting cleaner at hotel where he is being held on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception centre. The Senegalese national has been bailed by a Torrevieja court but given a restraining order that keeps him from the alleged victim. He has been expelled from the four-star

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British expats in Spain say voting in the UK election ‘is not worth the hassle’ and ‘won’t impact their lives’

EXPATS in the Spanish town of Rojales have told reporters that they will not vote in the upcoming UK elections, despite the recent law change that no longer excludes voters who have lived abroad for more than 16 years from casting their ballots.  “I don’t do politics,” one British resident of Rojales, which is located

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Terrorists ‘are planning an attack against a major military base in southern Spain’: US orders Rota naval base to ramp up security amid heightened jihadist threat

THE US naval base at Rota in Cadiz province has ramped up its terror alert level amidst fears that it could be targeted in a jihadist attack. The Digital Confidencial website says that precautions have been increased in case there is a response to the arrival of an Anti-Missile Shield at the base which would

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Waters in southern Spain are found to contain sewage and potentially toxic bacteria

THE latest report from Andalucia’s regional government has found that the waters off the Zahara de los Atunes beach in Barbate, Cadiz province, contain potentially harmful sewage.  Meanwhile, analysis at the Presa de la Colada reservoir in Cordoba province found the presence of different types of cyanobacterias, which can produce toxins that are harmful to

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Revealed: This stadium is the first in Spain to be confirmed as a host for the World Cup in 2030

GRAN Canaria has been revealed as having one of Spain’s 11 host stadiums for the 2030 soccer World Cup to be held in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. No statement has been made about the list from the Spanish FA, but officials from the Cabildo de Gran Canaria have confirmed their name is on it. 20

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Spain’s Pedro Sanchez reacts to far-right ‘victory’ in first round of France’s general election: PM ‘has hope’ the left will win Sunday’s second vote but admits ‘we should be alert’

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reacted this morning to the results of the first round of parliamentary elections in France, which saw the far right secure an unprecedented win.  “I am not taking for granted that the far-right will win in France,” he said ahead of the second round of voting in the neighbouring country,

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Euro 2024: Spain to face Germany after thumping 4-1 victory over Georgia – while England set up clash with Switzerland following Jude Bellingham magic

SPAIN set up a mouth-watering quarter-final clash against hosts Germany after La Roja continued their pitch-perfect Euro 2024 campaign with a 4-1 win over Georgia. Georgia, who are playing in the first international tournament, threatened to cause an almighty upset after taking the lead through a Robin Le Normand own goal, the first goal conceded

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